Example sentences of "[noun] [vb past] what [pron] had [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When he returned Mum asked what they had said . |
| 2 | As soon as her mind registered what it had seen she jumped away from the car door , a scream issuing from her that cut through the night air . |
| 3 | After the stridency and aggression of the school , the hate-mail , she was happy to find her temporary asylum in this gentle household where voices were never raised , where no one obsessively analysed her every sentence in the hope of detecting racist , sexist or fascist undertones , where words meant what they had meant for generations , where obscenities were unknown or at least unspoken , where there was the grace of good order symbolized for her in Mr Copley 's reading of the Church 's daily offices , Morning Prayer and Evensong . |
| 4 | Calming down , Loretta outlined what she had discovered about the dead man . |
| 5 | Chopra contemplated what he had seen : a series of disconnected limbs squirming and fighting in what appeared to be a pool of mud . |
| 6 | Farrar knew what he had got into now , and stood to attention . |
| 7 | No doubt everyone in Mouncy Street knew what he had bought and had been looking or waiting for him to find out . |
| 8 | Rain wondered what they had spoken about , how long the conversation had lapsed before she joined them . |
| 9 | For the benefit of those who would suggest that section 2(1) ( b ) shows that appropriation is something which can be done with the consent of the owner , I would paraphrase that provision by saying ‘ if he appropriates the property in the belief that he would have the other 's consent if the other knew what he had done and the circumstances in which he did it . ’ |
| 10 | It did n't matter how old she was , or what her personal wishes were , when her father saw what she had done to her hair he would undoubtedly try to murder her . |
| 11 | God knew what she had found . |
| 12 | The first telephone call Derek Fairfax received after reaching the office on Wednesday proved what he had begun to suspect : that the death of Maurice Abberley amounted to rather more than the newspapers had revealed . |
| 13 | In a few short sentences Quinn explained what he had done . |
| 14 | Marian explained what she had seen from the Ridgery . |
| 15 | About an hour later her mother arrived and , when Liz explained what she had done , telephoned for an ambulance . |
| 16 | The Soviets obtained what they had hoped for since the war : an agreement that European borders should be changed only by peaceful means , which in effect recognised the post-war settlement in Eastern Europe . |
| 17 | Athelstan remembered what he had learnt from his study of the Index of Saints but decided not to confide in Sir John . |
| 18 | There we elders heard what we had despaired of hearing — a lecture on Comus which placed its importance where the poet placed it — and watched ‘ the yonge fresshe folkes he or she ’ who filled the benches listening first with incredulity , then with toleration , and finally with delight , to something so strange and new in their experience as the praise of chastity . |
| 19 | Ranulf repeated what he had said . |
| 20 | Pakeezah repeated what she had said . |
| 21 | Hazel peered closely into the thick , coarse hair ( a rabbit 's foot has no pads ) and after a few moments saw what he had expected — the oval shank Of a snapped-off thorn sticking out through the skin . |
| 22 | Dad saw what I had done but he covered the coal with an old sack , winked and whispered , ‘ Good girl . ’ |
| 23 | As he dressed for dinner in his room , Dorian remembered what he had seen and cold fear ran through him like a knife . |
| 24 | Afterwards , Nicholas wondered what he had expected from Zacco . |
| 25 | Gathering the soldiers around him , the Commanding Officer explained what he had set out to achieve two weeks ago . |
| 26 | As harvest time was drawing to a close and autumn would soon be upon them , Tamar admitted what she had tried to deny for the last few weeks . |
| 27 | I thing the money we received from one or two gigs equalled what we had earned all year in Britain . |
| 28 | In the CI5 computer room , Bodie reported what he had found out about the girl to Cowley . |
| 29 | Eileen knew what she had thought of the Arbuthnots and their kind , until she fell in love with Philip . |